The report is based on a May survey that received 2,300 responses from physicians and advanced practitioners in all 50 states.
Four key insights:
1. The average physician assistant salary in 2020 was $143,012, a 2 percent decrease from an average of $146,162 in 2019.
2. Fourteen percent of physician assistants worked in family practice in 2020; 18 percent in emergency medicine; and 8t percent in thoracic surgery.
3. Twenty-six percent of physician assistants said their salary dropped last year due to COVID-19, and 23 percent said they were laid off or furloughed.
4. Almost half of physician assistants, 43 percent, reported burnout in 2020.
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